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Show FEDERATION WILL NOT AID MINERS WASHINGTON. March 17. The executive execu-tive council of the. American Federation of Labor today adopted resolutions condemning con-demning the officers of the Western Federation Fed-eration of Miners for taking ah active part in calling a congress for the pur-j-cse of forming another federation Of organized or-ganized workers, on the ground that it would tend only to divide the strength of the labor movement. The resolutions further fur-ther say: "The executive council recommend to affiliated unions that no further donations be made to assist the Western Federation Federa-tion of Miners and urge such unions as are in a position to contribute, to respond generously to our appeals requesting donations do-nations for the members of the United Garment Workers of America and the United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers of America in their struggle against the effort ef-fort of their employers to establish the non-union or open -shop in their trades." |